Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2022 – Stage 3 [LAST 10 KM]

March 23, 2022

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2022 – Stage 3 – Perpignan – La Molina : 161,1 km

The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya is the fourth oldest stage-race in the world. Falling in the heart of the Spring Classics period, the seven-day race offers those riders tired of cobblestones some sunnier solace and a chance to hone their form ahead of the first Grand Tour of the year. Created in 1911 by a Catalan journalist in an attempt to sell more copies of the sports newspaper, El Mundo Deportivo, the race received mixed support in its early days. Just 34 riders started the inaugural edition of the race, with only 22 of those going on to reach the finish in Barcelona. The race was then suspended during World War I before being revived in the 1920s by Unión Deportiva de Sants, a big-name sponsor from the footballing world. The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya follows a similar format year-on-year, with several stages in the high mountains of the Pyrenees and a tough individual time-trial before a chaotic final day around the suburbs of Barcelona.

Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) powered to a solo victory on stage 3 atop La Molina at the Volta a Catalunya, taking the overall race lead in the process.

The Australian made his bid for victory inside the last eight kilometres on the decisive final ascent and narrowly held off the select chase group. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) crossed the line in second and Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) in third.

“It’s been hard the last month because I got very sick, so to come out here and win again is amazing. Every year I set myself a goal to win and it’s nice to get it done early in the year,” O’Connor said of his first win of the season.

“I’ve been very confident this week because I know that my form is there. I didn’t expect to be solo. I was hoping some guys would come with me, but in the end I just had to go myself. I was lucky to hang on.”

O’Connor’s efforts have pushed him up into the overall lead by 10 seconds ahead of Ayuso and 12 seconds ahead of Quintana, while Higuita sits 16 seconds back in fourth. The peloton will tackle another mountaintop finish at Boí Taüll during stage 4 on Thursday where O’Connor said he will give it his best effort to defend the leader’s jersey.

“It is another climb that suits me and I can hold my own on the big mountains. I just have to be smart tomorrow to follow who attacks. I don’t know what was happening behind me, but it’s up to other teams to make the race hard. It’s a tricky race and always super hard but I will do my best and I’m confident that I can hold the lead.”

How it unfolded
Stage 3 offered the peloton the first of two back-to-back mountain-top finishes at La Molina, with the second held on stage 4 to Boí Taüll on Thursday.

The 161.1km race started in Perpignan and travelled gradually uphill toward the first-category climb at Mont-Louis (9.2km at 5.6 per cent) located 77km into the stage.

The route then descended toward two intermediate sprints at Llivia (97km) and Puigcerda (103km) before embarking on the last two ascents of the day at Collada de Toses, a lengthy 20km at 3.1 per cent that peaked at the 128km mark, followed by the climb to the finish line atop La Molina.

An early breakaway set off that included Simone Petilli (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH), Casper Pedersen (Team DSM). At 50km into the stage, the quartet had pushed their lead out to a sizeable eight minutes ahead of the main field that was primarily led by Movistar

Over the first climb of the day, the category 2 ascent of Mont-Louis, Okamika took the full 10 mountain classification points ahead of Bizkarra, Pedersen and Petilli.

The pace behind the four escapees caused some riders to struggle and fall off the back including overall race leader Jonas Hvideberg (Team DSM), stage 1 winner Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) and Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma). Dumoulin and Matthews later abandoned the race, while Hvideberg managed to claw his way back up to the group only to be dropped again on the final ascent.

Okamika took the full points at the first intermediate sprint in Llivia while Petilli grabbed the points at the second and final sprint in Puigcerda.

The second climb of the day, Collada de Toses, proved a bit more of a challenge, and as Okamika, again, took the mountain points over the top and solidified his place as the mountain classification leader, but the gap to the field behind fell to three minutes as Jumbo-Visma led the chase into the base of the decisive final climb La Molina

La Molina
Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi) formed part of the day-long four-rider breakaway that also included Simone Petilli (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux), Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH), and Casper Pedersen (Team DSM). As they reached the final and decisive ascent of La Molina, the Spaniard put pressure on the quartet along the lower slopes that Pedersen to fall off pace first followed by Okamika and then Petilli.

In the main field behind, overnight race leader Jonas Hvideberg (Team DSM) struggled to stay in contact with the fast-forming selection of climbers and GC contenders and he appeared to know that his time in the leader’s jersey would be short-lived.

The Norwegian rider who took over the race lead after stage 2 smiled at the TV cameras and signalled to fans watching the race that he was done for the day, unable to hang on to the blistering pace of the main field as the roads began to steepen.

Team DSM’s Henri Vandenabeele was the first to attack out of the field and bridged across to the last breakaway rider standing, Bizkarra. He then surged passed the Spaniard and built his lead out to 20 seconds as BikeExchange set a pace that quickly thinned out the field.

The second attack came from O’Connor, who crossed the slim gap to Vandenabeele inside the final 8km of the ascent. The Australian dropped his companion over the next few hundred metres of road, and extended his lead to 25 seconds.

Ineos Grenadiers moved to the front with Jonathan Castroviejo holding the gap to O’Connor at, what initially seemed, a manageable 18 seconds. Castroviejo’s pace was also fast enough to rid the likes of Simon Yates (BikeExchange) from the fast-dwindling group. EF Education-EasyPost launched two successive attacks first with Esteban Chaves and then Hugh Carthy, but neither managed to gain any real ground.

Attacks also came from Ilan van Wilder (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) followed by Attia Valter (Groupama-FDJ), Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), but with 3km to go, O’Connor gritted his teeth and pushed on, picking up valuable time and extending his lead to 22 seconds.

Inside the final kilometre Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) jumped from the field in a last-ditch bid to catch O’Connor but the Australian, mouth hung open from the massive effort, made another desperate push to stay out front. The peloton swept up Soler, but O’Connor sprinted out of his saddle, rounded the final bend, and took the victory atop La Molina.

Results :
1 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 4:12:51
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:06
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic
4 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
7 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
8 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
9 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
10 Damien Howson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:09
11 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious
12 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
13 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team
14 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
15 Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
16 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
17 George Bennett (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
20 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
21 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM
22 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
23 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
24 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
25 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
26 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
27 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
28 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:15
29 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:00:17
30 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:18
31 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
32 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
33 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:21
34 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team
35 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:23
36 Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
37 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
38 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:29
39 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:31
40 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:00:39
41 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:44
42 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:57
43 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:36
44 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
45 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) EF Education-EasyPost
46 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:45
47 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:01:55
48 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH
49 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:27
50 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:02:29
52 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:02:43
53 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:03:01
54 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:25
55 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:56
56 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic
58 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
59 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis
62 Jonas Gregaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
63 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team
64 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
65 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
66 Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal
67 Laurens Huys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
68 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
69 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
70 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
71 Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech
72 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
73 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:04:11
74 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
75 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:45
76 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:56
77 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
78 Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:24
79 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:07:43
80 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:08:38
81 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:09:12
82 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Arkea-Samsic 0:09:13
83 Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:32
84 Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
85 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:38
86 Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
87 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:09:43
89 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 0:10:10
90 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:10:17
91 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:38
92 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:11:15
93 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
94 Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
95 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Arkea-Samsic
97 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
98 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
99 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
100 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
101 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
102 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
103 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
104 Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis
105 William Barta (USA) Movistar Team
106 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
107 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
108 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
109 Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:11:20
110 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel-Premier Tech 0:12:14
111 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
112 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
113 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
114 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma
115 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
116 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
117 Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech
118 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
119 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) BikeExchange-Jayco
120 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
122 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
123 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:12:55
124 Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:14:46
125 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team
126 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
127 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM
128 Jacob Hindsgaul (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
129 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
130 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech 0:16:31
131 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:17:43
132 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:18:17
133 Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:18:24
134 Idar Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:20:59
135 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
136 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:01
137 Valerio Conti (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:27:04
138 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH
139 Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
140 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
141 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team
142 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
143 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
144 Cesare Benedetti (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
145 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
146 Marc Brustenga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:10
147 Michal Schlegel (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
148 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:27:11
149 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:27:17
150 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:27:20
151 Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis
152 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Fausto Masnada (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
DNF Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
DNF Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Team DSM
DNF Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 12:44:20
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:10
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:12
4 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:16
5 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
6 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
7 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
8 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
9 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:19
11 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
12 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
13 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
14 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM
15 Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
18 George Bennett (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
19 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
20 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:25
21 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:28
22 Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:33
23 Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:52
24 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
25 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team
26 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
28 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious
29 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
30 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:01
31 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
32 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:01:04
33 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:06
34 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:01:12
35 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:14
36 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:01:22
37 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) EF Education-EasyPost 0:01:40
38 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:46
39 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:19
40 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:28
41 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:38
42 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:06
43 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:07
44 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH
45 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) EF Education-EasyPost 0:03:38
46 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:04:06
47 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team
48 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:36
49 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:04:39
50 Jonas Gregaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
51 Laurens Huys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
52 Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal
53 Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech 0:04:54
54 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
55 Damien Howson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:05:35
56 Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:06:05
57 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:39
58 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
59 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:08:26
60 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Arkea-Samsic 0:09:23
61 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:09:52
62 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:09:53
63 Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:15
64 Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:10:21
65 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:42
66 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:16
67 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:11:20
68 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:11:25
69 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:11:58
70 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
71 Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
72 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:12:08
73 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:12:22
74 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel-Premier Tech 0:12:24
75 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
76 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:12:40
77 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:48
78 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
79 Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech 0:12:57
80 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:13:21
81 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost 0:13:35
82 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:13:38
83 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM 0:14:45
84 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:23
85 Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:15:29
86 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:15:43
87 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma
88 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:16:08
89 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:17:12
90 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:17:43
91 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech 0:17:50
92 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:17:54
93 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:58
94 Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:18:04
95 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team 0:18:28
96 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:18:58
97 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:19:19
98 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:54
99 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
100 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:33
101 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 0:21:39
104 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:53
105 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
106 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
107 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:41
108 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
109 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:22:50
110 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:23:52
111 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:24:36
112 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis 0:24:59
113 Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:25:10
114 Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:26:03
115 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:27:14
116 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:27:17
117 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:27:26
118 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:27:47
119 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:28:19
120 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:28:48
121 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:28:52
122 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:29:04
123 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis 0:29:18
124 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:29:34
125 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:30:50
126 Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis 0:31:11
127 William Barta (USA) Movistar Team 0:31:21
128 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:31:52
129 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM 0:32:23
130 Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:32:34
131 Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:34:42
132 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:34:53
133 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:35:15
134 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:35:20
135 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:35:54
136 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:36:10
137 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:36:16
138 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:36:43
139 Valerio Conti (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
140 Michal Schlegel (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:36:49
141 Jacob Hindsgaul (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:37:03
142 Marc Brustenga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:41
143 Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:38:53
144 Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis 0:41:41
145 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:41:44
146 Idar Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:41:57
147 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:43:51
148 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 0:44:02
149 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:44:08
150 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:44:57
151 Cesare Benedetti (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:49:31
152 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:49:44